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Jermon Gavin, 27, has been charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted robbery, two counts of attempted murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.

On August 2, South Bend Police were in the area of Lincolnway and Frederickson when they heard gunshots. The officers then headed towards the gunshots and several people directed them to a home on Frederickson.

Inside the garage of the home, they found two people lying on the ground with gunshot wounds.

Joshua Sage was transported to the hospital for treatment of his gunshot wounds.

The other man, Damon Bethel, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police learned two others had been shot, but fled the scene in an SUV.

The SUV crashed into a home several blocks from the scene of the shooting.

The driver, Anton James, was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Alyssa Sanchez, was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.

During the investigation, police found several guns and two pounds of meth.

Police also located video cameras which captured the entire incident.

During the investigation, police spoke with several people who were at the home at the time of the shooting.

Robert Brady told police he and Sage were hired by Ron Snyder to act as 'muscle.' He said Snyder deals meth out of his home and he and Sage were hired to protect Snyder and the drugs.

On the night of the shooting, Snyder was inside the home and Sage and Brady were outside in the garage.

Bethel allegedly ran into the garage with a gun and demanded the drugs, but began shooting before any could be handed over.

Sage shot Bethel and Bethel shot Sage, Brady told police. He added shots also came from the direction of an SUV.

When police spoke with Snyder, he denied being a drug dealer. He told police he allowed Sage and Brady deal out of his home.

Snyder also allegedly admitted to telling one of the witnesses there was over $14,000 worth of drugs in the garage that night, asked the witness to keep an eye out for anything suspicious, moving a handgun from a safe to outside the house after the shooting, but denied firing a gun during the incident, according to the probable cause affidavit.

Snyder also allegedly admitted Bethel and James died during attempted drug deal.

Police then reviewed the video from the home.

The video showed a Chevy Impala pull up across the street from the garage. Reports say Jermon Gavin and Jesus Pedraza got out and approached the garage.

Jesus had allegedly set up a deal to purchase a large amount of meth for $10,000, according to the probable cause affidavit.

Gavin told police he knew Jesus didn't have the money.

A short time later, a white SUV pulled up and parked between the Impala and the garage. A woman got out of the SUV and went into the garage, then returned to the vehicle.

Then, Jesus walked from the garage to the Impala, according to police.

Jesus allegedly called Gavin and said he needed the drugs and was going to send in Bethel.

Soon after, Bethel ran from across the street into the garage with a handgun. Gavin, who was in the garage, ran to the Impala while shooting towards the garage, according to police.

Benito got out of the Impala and started firing towards the white SUV and the garage, reports said.

The video then showed Brady come out of the garage and fire at the Impala. The white SUV then drove away, according to police.

The night of the shooting, Snyder and Brady were both taken into custody on preliminary charges.

Snyder was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of dealing in methamphetamine.

Brady was charged with two counts of dealing in methamphetamine and carrying a handgun without a license.

Joshua Sage was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of dealing in methamphetamine.

Jesus Pedraza was charged with two counts of murder and one count of robbery.

Benito Pedraza was charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted robbery.